Muthusamy Ramakrishnan

4.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
90 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Muthusamy Ramakrishnan is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Muthusamy Ramakrishnan has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Plant Science, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Muthusamy Ramakrishnan's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (34 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (18 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (14 papers). Muthusamy Ramakrishnan is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (34 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (18 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (14 papers). Muthusamy Ramakrishnan collaborates with scholars based in China, India and United States. Muthusamy Ramakrishnan's co-authors include Anket Sharma, Dhriti Kapoor, Marco Landi, Arti Sharma, S. Ignacimuthu, K. K. Vinod, Stanislaus Antony Ceasar, Kim Yrjälä, Mingbing Zhou and Bingsong Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Plant Cell and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Muthusamy Ramakrishnan

86 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Photosynthetic Response of Plants Under Different Abiotic... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2020 2020 2022 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Photosynthetic Response of Plants Under Different Abiotic Stresses: A Review
    2019 611 citations Anket Sharma, Muthusamy Ramakrishnan et al. profile →
  2. The Impact of Drought in Plant Metabolism: How to Exploit Tolerance Mechanisms to Increase Crop Production
    2020 400 citations Dhriti Kapoor, Marco Landi et al. profile →
  3. Trichoderma: The “Secrets” of a Multitalented Biocontrol Agent
    2020 398 citations Monika Sood, Dhriti Kapoor et al. Plants profile →
  4. Rapid growth of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis): Cellular roadmaps, transcriptome dynamics, and environmental factors
    2022 114 citations Ming Chen, Lin Guo et al. The Plant Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Muthusamy Ramakrishnan China 29 2.6k 762 206 199 192 90 3.3k
Javaid Akhter Bhat China 35 3.6k 1.4× 740 1.0× 352 1.7× 137 0.7× 455 2.4× 113 4.4k
R. J. Neil Emery Canada 38 3.3k 1.3× 1.4k 1.8× 87 0.4× 165 0.8× 122 0.6× 145 4.1k
Saad Alamri Saudi Arabia 33 2.0k 0.8× 600 0.8× 94 0.5× 281 1.4× 660 3.4× 223 4.0k
Raheem Shahzad South Korea 36 3.0k 1.2× 877 1.2× 59 0.3× 475 2.4× 153 0.8× 76 3.8k
Harish Mangesh India 29 1.5k 0.6× 834 1.1× 66 0.3× 99 0.5× 192 1.0× 97 2.9k
Maria Catarina Megumi Kasuya Brazil 30 1.4k 0.5× 524 0.7× 93 0.5× 301 1.5× 248 1.3× 156 2.6k
Kanchan Vishwakarma India 19 2.3k 0.9× 694 0.9× 61 0.3× 59 0.3× 291 1.5× 22 3.3k
Yajun Yang China 39 2.2k 0.9× 1.7k 2.2× 116 0.6× 397 2.0× 291 1.5× 148 4.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Muthusamy Ramakrishnan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muthusamy Ramakrishnan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Muthusamy Ramakrishnan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Muthusamy Ramakrishnan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Muthusamy Ramakrishnan. Muthusamy Ramakrishnan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ramakrishnan, Muthusamy, Rashmi Kaul, Anket Sharma, et al.. (2025). CRISPR RNP‐Mediated Transgene‐Free Genome Editing in Plants: Advances, Challenges and Future Directions for Tree Species. Plant Cell & Environment.
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Wang, Chen‐Hao, Ming Chen, Muthusamy Ramakrishnan, et al.. (2025). Establishment of an Efficient System for Rhizome Proliferation and In Vitro Flowering Induction from Protocorm Explants in Cymbidium goeringii. Horticulturae. 11(7). 738–738. 1 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Zishan, et al.. (2025). Bamboo for the Future: From Traditional Use to Industry 5.0 Applications. Plants. 14(19). 3019–3019. 3 indexed citations
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Hwarari, Delight, et al.. (2025). Melatonin-mediated phytohormonal crosstalk improves salt stress tolerance in plants. Planta. 262(4). 86–86. 2 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Zishan, Muthusamy Ramakrishnan, Chunyue Wang, et al.. (2024). Unravelling the role of WRKY transcription factors in leaf senescence: Genetic and molecular insights. Journal of Advanced Research. 74. 191–206. 5 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Zishan, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Withanolide Production in the Withania Species: Advances in In Vitro Culture and Synthetic Biology Approaches. Plants. 13(15). 2171–2171. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qianwen, Zhipeng Gao, Yulong Ding, et al.. (2024). Culm Morphological Analysis in Moso Bamboo Reveals the Negative Regulation of Internode Diameter and Thickness by Monthly Precipitation. Plants. 13(11). 1484–1484. 5 indexed citations
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Rehman, Shamsur, Zishan Ahmad, Muthusamy Ramakrishnan, Ruslan Kalendar, & Qiang Zhuge. (2023). Regulation of plant epigenetic memory in response to cold and heat stress: towards climate resilient agriculture. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 23(4). 298–298. 9 indexed citations
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Guo, Lin, Fen Yu, Feng Que, et al.. (2023). Anatomical and Transcriptome Analyses of Moso Bamboo Culm Neck Growth: Unveiling Key Insights. Plants. 12(19). 3478–3478. 4 indexed citations
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Ramakrishnan, Muthusamy, Pradeep K. Papolu, Lakkakula Satish, et al.. (2022). Redox status of the plant cell determines epigenetic modifications under abiotic stress conditions and during developmental processes. Journal of Advanced Research. 42. 99–116. 48 indexed citations
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Yrjälä, Kim, et al.. (2022). Agricultural waste streams as resource in circular economy for biochar production towards carbon neutrality. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 26. 100339–100339. 75 indexed citations
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Chen, Ming, Lin Guo, Muthusamy Ramakrishnan, et al.. (2022). Rapid growth of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis): Cellular roadmaps, transcriptome dynamics, and environmental factors. The Plant Cell. 34(10). 3577–3610. 114 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sood, Monika, Dhriti Kapoor, Vipul Kumar, et al.. (2020). Trichoderma: The “Secrets” of a Multitalented Biocontrol Agent. Plants. 9(6). 762–762. 398 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ramakrishnan, Muthusamy, Stanislaus Antony Ceasar, K. K. Vinod, et al.. (2017). Identification of putative QTLs for seedling stage phosphorus starvation response in finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn.) by association mapping and cross species synteny analysis. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0183261–e0183261. 40 indexed citations
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Krishna, T. P. Ajeesh, Stanislaus Antony Ceasar, Theivanayagam Maharajan, et al.. (2017). Improving the zinc-use efficiency in plants: a review.. SABRAO Journal of Breeding and Genetics. 49(3). 211–230. 8 indexed citations
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Ramakrishnan, Muthusamy, Stanislaus Antony Ceasar, Veeramuthu Duraipandiyan, Naïf Abdullah Al-Dhabi, & S. Ignacimuthu. (2016). Assessment of genetic diversity, population structure and relationships in Indian and non-Indian genotypes of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) using genomic SSR markers. SpringerPlus. 5(1). 120–120. 40 indexed citations

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